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APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES WITH LIQUIDS. No. 337,883. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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ROBERT STEEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR FlLLlNG BOTTLES WITH LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,883, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed November 3, 1885. Serial No. 181,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT STEEL, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a rectangular metallic tank open upon top for the reception of liquid, provided with a rod fixed centrally with the bottom, the rod being surrounded with a sleeve or tube to whose lower end is connected a plate, the superficial area'of which equals nearly that of the bottom, the under surface being faced with a plate of cork or rubber. This tube has upon its upper end a disk of circular form at right angles thereto, which engages with slots or openings upon the under side of a hand-wheel which has a screw connection through its hub with a thread upon the upper end of the vertical rod, by which means, by the partial revolution of the wheel, the plate may be elevated above the bottom of the tank sufficiently far to allow the liquid contained therein to flow into the filling-tubes, whose orifices are in the bottom, or to be brought down with its lower surface pressing tightly upon the upper ends of said tubes, to shut off the flow of liquid. This filling tube or tubes, (as the case may be,) is provided with a valve situated at or near its top upon the exterior surface, having an L-shaped orifice in its key COunnuuicating with an orifice in the upper side of the valve, that permits of communication with an opening in the wall of the tube directly in line therewith, to allow air to enter the tube upon the surface of the liquid, to cause the same to flow downward or to close said opening when desired. The lower end of the filling-tube is provided with a stop-cock, beneath which and centrally arranged therewith is a tube of diminished size for insertion into the neck of a bottle, as more fully hereinafter described.

In theaccompanying drawings,which make a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved apparatus with the front side of the tank removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the brokenline No model.)

plan view of the tank, the plate or plungerE, tube 0, and hand-wheel B being removed. Fig. 5 is a face view of a portion of the tube F. Figs. 6 and 7 are views, taken at right angles to each other, of the keyf of the valve G. Fig. 8 represents a sectional View of the valve G and a portion of the tube F, showing the position the keyf assumes when air is permitted to pass into the tube. Fig. Qisacrosssectional view of the hand-wheel D.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A is a metallic tank of any suitable dimensions,which I prefer to construct of rectangular form, as represented. I support the same at proper height from the table by means of legs b, the upper end of which may be bolted or riveted to the tank. Projecting from the center of the bottom of the tank is the rod B, having a screw-thread out uponits upper end. Surrounding this rod is the sleeve or tube 0, the upper end of which has a disk, 0, with which openings in the lugs d d, on the under side of the hand-wheel D, are caused to engage. This hand-wheel has a hub, e, that has a screw-thread connection with the upper end of the fixed rod B.

To the lower end of the tube 0 is attached the plate or plunger E, having a plate of cork or gum rubber laid upon its under surface and secured thereto by any suitable means. There are braces m that serve to keep the plate in a level position.

By turning the hand-wheel D in the desired direction its connection by means of the openings in the lugs d with the disk 0, rigid upon the tube 0, and threaded hubewith thet-hread of the screw upon the end of the rod B, the plate E is raised from or lowered with its under surface bearing upon the upper end of the filling-tube F,to admit liquid therein or to cut off the supply of the same. The pressure exerted upon the plate when its surface is bearing upon the tube hermetically seals the upper end.

Attached to the outer surface of the fillingtube F, at a point near the upper end thereof, is the valve G, which has a key, f, provided with openings i i,drilled at right angles to each other, (seen clearly in Figs. 2, 6, 7, and. 8,) there being an orifice, K, in the body of the valve on top, and another orifice, Z, in the face or wall of the tube F contiguous to the valve.- The purposepf this valve is to admit air into the tube F upon the surface of the liquid through the line of orifices, or to shut off communication between the orifice land the valve while the tubes are being filled.

H is a stop-cock or shut-off valve placed upon the lower end of the tube, to permit of the drawing off of the liquid contained therein. To the lower end of this valve is connected the tube I of diminished size, to permit of its in sertion into the neck of a bottle.

The operation is as follows: Previous to filling the tank A with liquid the plate or plunger E is brought down with its undersurface bearingtightly upon the upper ends of thefillingtubes F. The keyf of the valve G is turned into the position seen in Figs. 1 and 2, which closes communication between the orifice l of the tube and the valve. The stop-cock H is also closed. The tank A is then filled with the liquid which it is desired to bottle oh", the bottle being placed with its neck surrounding the tube I. The plate or plunger E is raised by turning the hand-wheel F in the direction of the arrow B, (seen in Fig. 3,) which, by its connection with the disk 0 through the openings. in the lugs or brackets d d and threaded connection with the hub e of the wheel F to the rod B, raises the tube 0 and its plate E, permitting the fluid to pass into and fill the tube F, sufficient space of time being allowed for the tube to become filled. The plateE is again brought down with its under surface bearing tightly upon the ends of the tube or tubes by turning the hand-wheel in the direction of the arrow S. The key f of the valve G is turned one-fourth around into the position seen in Fig. 8, permitting the entrance of air upon the surface of the fluid contained within the tube through the orifice K of the valve and orifices i z" of the key and Z of the tube.

The stop-cock H is at the same time opened, and the fluid permitted to descend through the tube I into the bottle. The key f of the valve G is retained in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 while the tube F is being charged with liquid. Should the orifice lhave' only by the entrance of a current of air upon its surface, the inner diameter of the tube being made of such size as will permit but sufiioient fluid to be contained therein as will fill a bottle of desired size.

In Figs. 1 and 2 a portion of the rods J 'J are shown. These rods may extend across, connecting a series of the keys of the valves and stop-cocks when it is-desirable to have a number of filling-tubes connected with one tank, and the two rods may be connected together by a lever or suitable mechanism in such manner that one motion by the operator will open the series of keys of both at the same time.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The tank A, constructed as described, having the tube 0 provided with plate or plunger E, operated by suitable mechanism, in combination with the valve G, having orifices K, 'i, and 2'', tube F, having orifice l, stop-cock H, and tube I, for forming apparatus for filling a bottle with a specified charge of liquid.

ROBERT STEEL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. BEWLEY, A. LOUDENSBUGER. 

